The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


WALT WHITMAN recently received letter
from Tennyson which opened with the words,
Dear old man"
n. e. EIsESLoRD. late business manager of
the Detroit Free Press, is about to start penny
daily in that city.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES is going to
give readings from his unpublished writings in
Boston very soon.
THEODORE Triton spends his days in acquir
ing rare Partisan books and his nights in trans
ferrng their solid wisdom or any persihage to
his busy brain.
ALMA-TApEMA is reported to be seriously Ill
from the poisonous effects Of peculiar paint
which he has employed in decorating room in
his new house.
ELLA WHEELER Wilcox fairly dotes on Gu
cumbers and green apples, as the following lines
from her red hot pen bear witness
o I know this truth if know other,
That passionate love is pains mo ther
THE wife of Senator Vance is reputed to be
woman of extraordinary social tact, and as good
a teller of stories-though of a different kind
as her husband She is his second WIFE, and is
many years younger than he.
ONLY two me n ever held the Office of post
master of Stratham. N. H., Mr.. zeoulon Wigein
and Mr. Joseph S. Staples. the latter of whom
died on Wednesday last. Their united terms
amounted to nearly seventy years.
THE death is announced of Madame Verne,
the mother of Jules Verne at the age of eighty
seven. The deceased lady was Bretonne, and
resided at Nantes. Her son. the imaginative
novelist is still laid up from the wound he re-
| ceived in the leg from pistol shot last winter.
THE Rev Patrick A. Ludden, bshop-eect of
the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
received many rich testimonial gifts on his de-
parture from Troy; a gold cross set with da-
monds, a gold chain, a gold ring set with twenty
two diamonds and gold candiestick He will
| be formally consecrated to his new werk on
| May /.
| THERE has been placed the wall of the
choir of Notre Dame, Paris. a tablet in memory
of the late Cardinal Archbishop Guibert There
| are similar memorials of all his predecessors
| from Mgr. Otto de Suy the third, to Mgr OAR
| boy. the martyr OF the Commune; and there are
yet seventeen vacant panels for those who are
| yet to come.
THE late Col John W. Forney's family seem
to have been thoroughly infected with love for
| tho profession that he honored. The Youngest
| daughter has just gone into journalism follow
ING in the footsteps of all the other members OF
her family Tillie May Fornev is described as
very bright girl. She has joined the staff of
| Leisure Hours.
! DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS the newly-ap.
pointed United States Senator from West Vir-
ginia, comes of long line of Democrats Will
| lam Lucas, the Senator's father, was famous
LAWYER quarter of century ago in the Valley
of Virginia He was warm personal friend of
Andrew jackson
THE citizens of Kennett Square, Pa, propose
| the erection of Bayard Taylor memorial libra
| ry. 1t is desired to secure a sufficient erdow-
ment to guarantee its being made free. Encour-
agcment has been received from distant friends
and admirers of the dead author who would
| himself have cordially approved of and appreci-
ated such memorial.
MRs CLEVELAND gives little Iuncheons and
things--notably very pretty one on Thursday
in spite Of her grandmamma's illness Mrs
Folsom has shut up Oak View and has gone on,
to Michigan to see the old lady, who is said to be
failing fast. Miss Cleveland went away or
Wednesday to Holland Patent after a presum
ably pleasant visit to W Washington where she re-
ceived much friendly and genuine attention
THE danger OF sending children to drug stores
for the simplest remedies is found in the log oil
Chicago apothecarys clerk who has been keep
ing tab of the .truaucy Of infantie minds
Among many funny Slips are the following
Mamma wants 10 cents worth of pneumonis
lammonial; bottle of Goldfish tliver) oil; 20 cents
worth of beeswax fborax), please Pa wants
horse (porous plaster for pain in his back
Ma wants an ounce of your best ge lang (Ylang
Ylang) perfume
SOME young men werc asking the Rev DR.
Phillips Brooks about white lies the other day
Suppose asked one, you were invited to in
spect certain picture which the artist had
worked hard upon and valued highly and ne
wanted to know your honest opinion of its mer
Its, and you could see nothing whatever to praise
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